I learned a lot about management and design-related requirements. Lots of new knowledge about FS management and SIF design and requirements/restrictions related to design. Knowledge which will help when I am participating in LOPA, to be better able to identify and suggest suitable protection measures.
Without the Risknowlogy certification I was in the fear what if someone raises questions about my FS knowledge? After this training I feel more knowledgeable and more confident due to my certification. Thank you Risknowlogy.
It helped me strengthen my knowledge of IEC 61511 and functional safety concepts, and I would highly recommend it to other professionals. Understanding how PFDavg is calculated and how it directly impacts SIL verification was a major game-changer for me. It helped me see the practical side of safety integrity rather than just theoretical concepts. Before taking this training, I had a basic understanding of functional safety concepts from my work experience, but my knowledge of IEC 61511 and SIL was not fully structured. I often relied on fragmented information and lacked confidence in applying the concepts practically. The topic felt complex and somewhat difficult to approach in a systematic way. Today, I have a much clearer and structured understanding of functional safety and IEC 61511 requirements. I feel more confident in interpreting SIL, PFDavg, and safety lifecycle concepts. The training helped me connect theory with real-world applications, which is very relevant to my role. I now approach functional safety tasks with more clarity and confidence.
bout going through a norm document but a good continous discussion about usefulness and necessity The importance and way to do a good hazard analysis. That is where the whole process starts. I had a good understanding about the technical side of FS. I gained useful knowledge about the whole lifecycle and it's importance per step. The quality of the previous steps dictates the quality of the current and following steps.
g of functional safety. The course content is well-structured, clearly explained, and easy to follow—even for those with a basic background in safety systems.The flexibility of the online format, combined with high-quality study materials, makes it an excellent learning experience. Whether you're new to functional safety or looking to strengthen your existing knowledge, this training is definitely worth attending. I liked this training because it was conducted online, which made it convenient to attend. We had enough time to go through all the slides at our own pace, and the overall environment was relaxed and stress-free. The study materials were also very good—everything was simply explained and easy to understand. That’s why I rated it an 8. Before attending this training, I had a basic understanding and knowledge of safety systems. With over 18 years of experience in the process industry and oil & gas sector, I was already familiar with many of the concepts. However, this training helped me deepen my knowledge. The course was excellent—well-structured and clearly explained
was not aware of it and now i think i can help in contributing to install a reliable SIS in the Oil and Gas field I thought that the course would be as usual only theoretical and it will not have that much impact in daily activities of I&C engineer however now i have come across after completing the course that it is one of the most important factor while designing a safe plant
riences with the classmates. Continuous improvement of management, verification and evaluation. I had experience with the trainings and practices that I had in the company that I work My theoric knowledge increased
It was a really useful training. I found the course good structured and understandable. The most benefit is a possibility study self-paced and receive both your and TUV certificates. I was well familiar with SIS maintenance and SIL purpose. But I didn't have full picture from Risk Assessment till decommissioning. I still need practice in some lifecycle steps, but I can understand how it works now
ling positive and looking forward to improve more skills
I work in process industry as an ICSS engineer more than 20 years. In my career I worked as a client, vendor, EPC during all phases of ICSS and SIS development, implementation, installation, verification, validation and audit. And of course, I was willing to confirm my knowledge. It was difficult to allocate spare time slot to pass formal training and examination. With your course it became possible due to online self-learning approach. You could review as many times as you need, follow your own time schedule. You just need to be self-motivated to pass it successfully. Online Q&A session are also helpful to discuss and clear some doubts if any. Final exam timing is sufficient. In general, I would say that course is well organized, massive job done to create it. Thank you for your efforts. The way how information is given with additional explanations as an example lifecycle. 20+ years of experience in ICSS Detail Design, Procurement, Construction, FAT, Installation, Commissioning, Startup and Maintenance for Oil and Gas industry. I had knowledge in FS study, however, it was let’s say fragmented. And the knowledge was not confirmed. In my 20+ years career I worked as a client, vendor, EPC during all phases of ICSS and SIS development, implementation, installation, verification, validation, assessment and audit. After the course my knowledge in FS filed became more structured. Gaps filled with proper information. And I got competence certificate.
SIF/SIL Understanding how to do the architecture and calculations
Very systematic presentation I didn't think in that way. I already have some experience with SRS, SSRS, SIF architecture, SIL calculations I filled my knowledge gaps and got ideas for further development.
GREAT EXPERIENCE!! Complex information made very simple by Dr Houtermans. All Ideas were easy to understand! Understanding of terms and standards. Currently I am able to understand Seniors or experienced people discussions. I was not able to discuss or give inputs in professional meetings. I had a background in Functional Safety but not enough to feel confident to speak out. I have a great ability and confidence to speak out now in meetings. Much higher understanding of terms and ideas in work. I feel that I have gained a great experience in work and knowledge.
learning experience. The course provided a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practices of functional safety, specifically in the context of SIFs. The course covered all aspects of SIFs, including the safety life cycle, risk assessment, safety instrumented systems (SIS) design, verification, and validation. The instructors presented real-world examples and case studies, making the concepts more relatable and easier to understand. The instructors were experienced professionals with extensive knowledge in functional safety and SIFs. The boost my knowledge about safety lifecycle, hardware and software design of SIF's. Before this training i am not know about details hardware and software design of SIF's. In this course explain details about each term in safety instrumented function. Today i am feel this course help me a lot in my future by improving my knowledge in SIF's and functional safety. I used knowledge in my profession, study like SIL verification, HAZOP & LOPA studies etc.
his training skills and method of explanation is good Learned Tools, Technic and methodology and how to approach I learnt SIS and their all basic functions I have complete knowledge about safety function
ant topic. I really like your methodology to teach, the examples, the videos, all the content well explained, and also the english subtitles help a lot. The SIL concept and what it means A really begineer in functional safety and SIS. I am feel very confident about functional safety and SIS.
ation needed from other resources. the way of teaching is very clear and fruitful, the trainer provides examples from his experience in real industry and the easiest and best practices that are followed by experts. the trainer I had basic knowledge of SIS and SIF but I cannot apply this knowledge to real world. I didn't know how to determine the SIL needed, what the exactly SIF is, how to assess the risk lead to using the SIS. now I'm confident in participating in projects that applying SIF and SIS. know which technique I can use to determine weather to use or not the SIF. can easily determine the SIL needed. I'm able to read safety manuals easily and understand the terminology used.
should be necessarily redundant. A misconception which I had about SIL3 system. I have done various projects on SIS, but there were lot of misconceptions. Now the things are very clear and I can now understand the different aspects of SIF.
SIL calculations I am a PLC programmer having experience more than 8 years Now i am feel like a functional safety engineer. Before this training i have knowledge about only programming with little functional safety. Now i have confident to carry any functional safety functions
Absolutely a very good course, well organized and easy to join. Every lesson is clearly explained and the periodic Team meeting is very useful to interact with the teacher. Every stakeholder have to deal with FS I had a basic knowledge about functional safety, but without a deep understanding. I knew nothing about functional safety management. I have a more detail and deep knowledge of functional safety. I can better apply functional safety in my work. I can better evaluate the work of my business partner relevant to the functional safety.
I finish the training with good knowledge about function safety and SIL the life cycle make everything easy and clear Just a beginner I have better knowledge and experience
I have completed the course by first week of January 2024. I appeared for the final exam on January 12th and cleared it. Here are some items/ issues which I would like to bring to your notice to make it more 'student=friendly'. 1. The course is about understanding requirements and stipulations, norms, etc. from ICE 61508 & 61511. Understanding the requirements of the code without physical access to the code would always be a challenging task. It quickly becomes a matter of interpretation and subjective understnding, an exercise in semantics and grammer. With no access to the correct answers to itnerim questions which I did wrong in the first attempt, it becomes very frustrating to develop correct understanding of code requirements. In real life you learn a lot from the mistakes you make while interpreting code stipulations. But in this course, we can not learn from our mistakes. This is unfair to the students. Without this, it becomes very difficult to raise proper questions to the faculty during monthly meeting, for clarifying our understanding. 2. The correct answer in a multiple choice question is debatable and not unique. I found that for several questions, out of four options presented, two were obviously grossly incorrect. Out of the other two, one could be close to being correct under some circumstance or with some background in the mind of the questioner. 3. While wording the questions, the aim appears to be more to confuse the student and not really to test his understanding of the norms from the code. Hence there are a lot of questions with negative tone Possible answers stated 'Statement X is incorrect' with X ranging from 1 to 3. A fourth choice was, 'all statements are incorrect'. If a student has marked all statements as incorrect, but not ticked 'All statements are incorrect' box, there is a chance of grading him/ her incorrectly. 4. There is no facility to jump to a question 'saved' for later review, but not yet 'submitted' Also, there are no flags to highlight questions not uet submitted or saved. 5. There is no facility to report how many questions have been attempted so far and how many are remaining. I may have got the certificate I wanted, but do I feel confident enought to use it? The anser is obviously no. My objective is not to criticize un-becessarily. Risknowlogy is doing wonderful work in the field of functional safety. Anyone who takes such an enormous responsibility has the liberty to operae by his/ her own rules of the game. Hope the above helps someone. The site is easy to use. I also got a good bargain registering for the course. Comprehensive knowledge of fuctional safety in implemented in indistrial enviornment. I was having unstructured knowledge. Also my knowledge was based on what I heard from my friends. It was bit informal. I had read books on functional safety and SIS design earlier. Today, I am much more confident in dealing with issues related to functional safety.
m rch@risknowlogy.com Trainer explains course very clearly with easily understandable examples. Verification, Validation we know about this it is safety training. how we can execute project safely. ensures that a product, service, or process has been tested for safety and that it complies with the requirements of national, regional, and international regulations
However, some more live lessons would have nice. For example 1 lesson of 1h scheduled every 2 weeks. With given topic, like certain chapters of course. That would also heve motivated to study those parts before live lesson. Flexible training format. Information content well chosen I had some practical experience of FS engineering Now, with theoretical knowledge of FS, I understand why we do certain things we do
Maybe a section where it says what questions you got wrong, which the correct answers are and why. It's a great course. Content is quite complete, the explanations are clear and the trainer is always available to answer questions. To understand the FS lifecycle, as well as the SRS and the prior-use concept. I knew very little about this topic before taking the training. Just general notions about it, and had a lot of questions. I am now clear about functional safety concepts, I feel able to describe the workflow of a SIS-related project, I know what the tasks of each stakeholder are, and I also feel confident to assess current SIS to know if they are SIL compliance or not. .
nterim and assessment questions Functional Safety Management. I had previously completed technician level training for SIL and SIS I am more confident in my knowledge and look forward to implementing the learninigs whre possible
Very useful. The breakdown of Functional Safety Life Cycle. Little knowledge in Functional Safety. I have understood and learned new concepts. Feel more confident in engaging with Functional Safety issues.
It was interactive, interesting, well prepared, and very informative. Getting the opportunity to participate in this training itself and overall knowledge I got in this training is a game-changer for me. As know I'm more clear about my future path. Before this training I was good at Hazard and Risk Analysis part. Now, after this part I khave an idea about all phases of lifecyles. Moreover, I refreshed my HRA knowledge. Today I feel more confident in my role then before as know I can see the full picture. This training helped me to be more confident in identifying the activities and responsible parties.
ferent forms of the SIS to pass an exam with high score but unfortunately i had 71 have some information about functional safety but are nor really well structured now i have well structured information and deep knowledge about functional safety
Would recommend lowering it or offering subsidized courses based on performance of previous courses. Excellent course. Could be slightly improved to make interim quizzes more interactive/example based Hardware design explanation Just knew 2 words:HAZOP and SIL I am aware of the complete lifecycle of SIS FS
This course explains verification and validation clearly and is useful for understanding functional safety concepts. It would be even better if it included practical examples, checklists, and real industry case studies to show how verification and validation are applied in actual projects.
Well structured course and detailed course. Extremely valuable online Q&A sessions.
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it touch many points and the video are very good. it is a pity the subtitles are not captive capture for taking notes. A little bit too long, but it might be necessary. I got problem with the intermediate test check point (email sent)
